An Evening with Stephen Solomon, Author of Revolutionary Dissent: How the Founding Generation Created the Freedom of Speech

An evening with professor and author Stephen Solomon, who will discuss his book Revolutionary Dissent: How the Founding Generation Created the Freedom of Speech.

A panel discussion moderated by Lucy Nalpathanchil, Vice President, Community Engagement at Connecticut Public will follow Dr. Solomon's presentation.

Book sale and signing by Elm Street Books.

Registration required.

Colonial Americans redefined the limits of their right to speak and write, which they inherited from Great Britain. In Revolutionary Dissent: How the Founding Generation Created the Freedom of Speech, author Stephen D. Solomon explores how Americans from the 1690s through the 1790s deployed their technology and communication networks to expand participation in political discussions. To do this, he explores the role of almost every form of colonial communication, including books, newspapers, pamphlets, broadsides, songs, sermons, plays, letters and many others which inspired and supported the American Revolution.

Stephen D. Solomon is a professor at New York University (NYU) and associate director of the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. He is the founder and director of the master of arts program in business and economic reporting. Solomon teaches courses on First Amendment law (freedom of speech and the press) to graduate and undergraduate students, and was awarded NYU's Golden Dozen Award for excellence in teaching. He earned a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and a B.A. from Penn State University. A former writer for Fortune magazine, his articles have appeared in many other publications, including The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The New Republic and Technology Review. His work has been recognized with a Hillman Prize and the Gerald Loeb Award.

Presented in partnership with Connecticut Public.